Posted on 06/03/2011 12:36:08 AM PDT by raccoonradio
Howie Carr thread
And I thought Howie and Mitt were pals...
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“In the summer of 2003, I was approached, informally, by a representative of Governor Mitt Romney about becoming a member of the board of trustees at the University of Massachuetts, along with, according to press reports, Professor Dershowitz and retired judge E. George Daher, the first man to refer to Billy Bulger as a ‘corrupt midget’. I immediately said that if offered the position of trustee, I would accept it. Shortly after he was informed of the likely appointment of the three of us to his board, Billy resigned as president of the university. Others were then appointed to the UMass board of trustees.”
—Howie Carr, THE BROTHERS BULGER, Preface (page x,
hardcover edition)
In his dreams...
the infowarrior
Palin states she didn’t intend to upstage Romney, and that the purpose of the bus tour isn’t to test the waters for a Presidential bid, but to highlight American history:
http://bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1342575
So, I believe her. Hmm... What’s she up to? Sounds to me like she really hasn’t decided.
If it comes down to Romney being the front runner, though, I personally can’t imagine her just sitting on the sidelines. If we get a good strong conservative candidate that she can really support, I can imagine her possibly not running.
If we don’t, I say she’s in.
ummmmm.....halibut.
Could go either way, she could run or not but for now at least she’s attracting attention.
Romney could be the choice of establishment Republicans AND independents/ unenrolleds who take a Republican ballot (in states like MA). RINO? Well, our 2008 candidate wasn’t exactly Mr. Conservative, for the same reason(s)... (but again do remember, folks, that had it not been for McCain
we might be saying, “Sarah Who?” now...)
Nonsense. Some of us have been following Gov. Palin since she was a promising up-and-comer as Mayor of Wasilla and knew she had "superstar" written all over her. She would've been a top-tier candidate for President by 2012 even had McCain not chosen her for his running mate (the difference being, she'd not have been harrassed out of the Governorship in time in an attempt to discredit her).
I think you are wrong that without mccain she would be nowhere. Sarah was ooming onto the radar before mccain picked her. I was paying attention to her LONG before mccain even knew who she was...and some other people of note were as well. Sarah Palin is a HAPPENING. Nothing would have changed that.
Like this one:
A 553 lb halibut caught off St. Lawrence Island.
Okay. 20 seconds...
Proof whereof I spake.
Why couldn’t Romney see it coming and delay it a few days or a week?
Romney doesn’t even know where the bus stop is.
Better we both said it for emphasis. ;-D
No, but I’m sure his illegal maid from Guatemala knows. It’s near the place where she picks up gallons of his Dapper Dan Pomade.
I like Palin, but if she wasn’t VP nominee she wouldn’t be a front runner. What could’ve happened to make her famous between 08 and 11? Now, if she ran, people would’ve gotten to know her and like her, but at this point in the 12 race, she’d be largely unknown.
It would’ve been a different situation, but she still would’ve been a top tier candidate. In that instance, she’d be a successful and outspoken Governor into her 2nd term, and our most prominent woman in such an office. Since most of us tend to look to Governors for leaders (and for Presidents), she’d have been a natural. She had been, of course, largely ignored by the media (as they tend to do with those who aren’t White males in the GOP), and would never have been the central focus for destruction (or rather, they wouldn’t have had enough time to do so, which was redoubled with great effort AFTER the ‘08 election in order to make her thoroughly unviable for ‘12, which has failed).
LOL, American history. The American history of Myth Romney.
Bring it on Sarah!
Well, does the GOP establishment like her now? Does the MSM like her now? Why would the GOP establishment and the MSM like her more if she wasn’t the VP nominee.
Yes, she’d be a successful ..., and our most, and all that.
If the MSM didn’t like her, they wouldn’t have destroyed her, they just would’ve ignored her. They wouldn’t have run her up the flagpole, if they didn’t like her. She’d be more ex Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer (not mentioned at all by anyone) and less like ex Utah Governor Jon Huntsman (treated like a serious candidate almost a frontrunner in delusionland.) Why is one Governor not mentioned and another treated like a frontrunner. Because those are the prepicked acceptable candidates. Palin wouldn’t have been one. If she had run in 12 (and wasn’t VP nom), she certainly could’ve won a lot of fans in the process of running, but she would’ve had a very large name recognition deficiency. Would’ve ended up in a better place for a later race. At this point in the race she’d be pretty low in the polls.
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